The head of the Kunduz Provincial Council Mawlawi Khosh Mohammad and his two bodyguards were wounded in a landmine blast in Kunduz this afternoon, according to local officials.

The bomb exploded at 3:30 pm local time in Kunduz city, the capital of the northern province, when the vehicle of the Provincial Council struck a landmine, Kunduz police chief Samiullah Qatra told TOLOnews.

The three are in a stable condition, he said, adding that security troops have arrived in the area and an investigation is underway.

No group, including the Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the blast.

KANDAHAR: Nine Afghan police were killed in an insurgent
attack that authorities said on Thursday was believed to have been
facilitated by a fellow officer and suspected Taliban infiltrator.

The
attack in the southern province of Uruzgan late Tuesday follows a wave
of incidents in recent weeks in which members of the Afghan security
forces have turned their weapons on their Nato and US allies.

Six
American soldiers, two of them senior US military advisers, were killed
by their Afghan colleagues last month as the country was gripped by
anti-US riots over the accidental burning of the Koran at a military
base.

In Uruzgan, the rebels broke into the police post and opened
fire on nine sleeping officers, killing all of them, local CID chief
Gulab Khan told AFP.

“Nine police are dead. There were 10 people
in the post, we believe one of the police led the Taliban into the post
and while everybody was sleeping they opened fire and killed nine
police,” he said.

“The 10th person has disappeared and he’s believed to have gone with the Taliban after the killings,” Khan added.

The
Taliban, a militant group waging an insurgency against the
Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai, claimed the attack
but gave a different account.

The group’s spokesman, Yusuf Ahmadi,
telephoned AFP from an unknown location to say the officers were
captured and later executed.

KABUL—The U.S. is investigating allegations that some officials in the Afghan Air Force, which was established largely with American funds, have been using aircraft to ferry narcotics and illegal weapons around the country, American officials told The Wall Street Journal.

Two probes of the Afghan Air Force, or AAF, are under way—one led by the U.S. military coalition and another by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, officials said.

"The nature of the allegations is fairly dramatic and indicated that [AAF officials] were transporting drugs on aircraft and transported weapons not owned by the government of Afghanistan for the use of private groups," said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Afghanistan, the command that is establishing and financing Afghan security forces, including the AAF.

Eleven people were wounded after a landmine exploded in Jalalabad early this morning, according to Afghan local officials.

"A mine exploded in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province this
morning," provincial spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told TOLOnews, adding
that more police had arrived at the site and were investigating the
incident.

The wounded, including seven policemen, were taken to a nearby hospital in the city, he said.

No group, including the Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the blast.

It comes after at least four people were killed and 10 others were
wounded in a bomb blast in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday.

One leader, responsible for suicide bombings against
Afghan government senior officials throughout Badakshan and Kunduz
provinces, was wounded during the operation and received medical
treatment.

The other insurgent leader was a bomb-making expert who helped plan suicide attacks.

The
security force also detained an additional suspected insurgent along
with a suicide vest, explosives, blasting caps and detonation cord as a
result of this operation.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

SouthAn
Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban leader during an
operation in Marjeh district, Helmand province, today. The leader
controlled an insurgent cell and organized roadside bombings, ambushes,
and attacks against Afghan civilians and security forces. The security
force detained several additional suspected insurgents during the
operation.

Also in Helmand, an Afghan and coalition security
force captured a Taliban facilitator during an operation in Lashkar Gah
district, yesterday. The facilitator supplied insurgents in central
Helmand province and the Maiwand district of Kandahar province with
weapons and ammunition. The security force also seized multiple weapons
as a result of this operation.

In Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand
province, a Taliban facilitator was captured by an Afghan and coalition
security force during an operation yesterday. The facilitator provided
weapons to insurgents throughout Musa Qal’ah and Now Zad districts. One
additional suspected insurgent was detained and multiple weapons were
seized as a result of the operation.

In Kandahar district,
Kandahar province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted an
operation in search of a Taliban leader today. The leader directs an
assassination cell that targets senior Afghan government officials
throughout the province. The security force detained multiple suspected
insurgents during the operation.

EastAn Afghan and
coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a Taliban
leader in Zurmat district, Paktiya province, today. The leader directed
attacks against Afghan civilians and security forces throughout the
district. The security force detained several suspected insurgents
during the operation.

In Nadir Shah Kot district, Khost
province, an Afghan and coalition security force captured a Haqqani
leader during an operation today. The leader directed insurgent suicide
bomb attacks against Afghan civilians and security forces throughout the
district. The security force also seized one shotgun and detained
multiple suspected insurgents during the operation.